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1700791

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Microplastics: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for publication of the report on improving sampling and analysis of microplastics in surface waters and sediments.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	21576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The report has been published. It can be accessed via Defra’s Science Search web site - <a href="https://randd.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=20540" target="_blank">Measurement and Characterisation of Microplastics in English River Catchment Waters and Sediments - WT15135 (defra.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/04/2024 15:12:38 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1700792

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Perinatal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Perinatal Mortality Review Tool reviews into (a) stillbirths and (b) baby deaths had an external panel member in the last year.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. On 14 December 2023, Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK published their fifth annual Perinatal Mortality Review Tool report. The report presents data from the 4,111 reviews conducted between March 2022 to February 2023. The report sets out that an external member was present in 45% of reviews, which is an increase from only one in three involving an external member from the previous year. An external panel member is strongly recommended due to the importance of providing fresh eyes to support the review.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/04/2024 11:55:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700793

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation programme; and whether that funding is time limited.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has allocated £16 million to the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations Programme for this financial year, which is the last year of this spending review period. Future budgets will be allocated in the usual way as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p>The lifespan of the programme is under review and will continue to be overseen by the Care Quality Commission, until directed otherwise by the Department. The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, is funding an evaluation to understand whether Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch investigations and Perinatal Mortality Review Tool reviews have met their anticipated requirements, resulted in system level quality improvements in maternity care, and improved outcomes for parents and families.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/04/2024 11:00:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700794

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made representations to Royal Mail on the impact of price rises on SMEs.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have a role in Royal Mail’s commercial decisions, including the prices of stamps and other services.</p><p> </p><p>In setting its prices, Royal Mail must observe the regulatory framework set by Ofcom which imposes prices controls, ‘safeguard caps’, on certain second-class products to ensure a basic universal service is available to all at affordable prices.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 January 2024, following a public consultation, Ofcom announced its decisions regarding retail price caps on Royal Mail’s universal postal services to apply from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/04/2024 11:12:13 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700795

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Early Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have retired due to ill health in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers leaving the police service and their reasons for leaving, including medical retirements, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a>.</p><p>Information on the number of police officers leaving the police service by reason for leaving, including medical retirements, between the years ending 31 March 2007 and 2023 can be found in the ‘Leavers Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ba76662059dc000d5d27c0/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ba76662059dc000d5d27c0/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of police officers taking medical retirement in Scotland or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2024 09:15:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1700796

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many watchkeeper drones the UK has.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 March 2024 to Question 18362 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey).</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/04/2024 12:35:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 18362 - Watchkeeper WK450.docx title Watchkeeper WK450
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1700797

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided financial assistance to farmers to repair flood damage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Farming Recovery Fund has been opened to provide farmers support to recover from uninsurable damage with grants of between £500 and £25,000 to return their land to the condition it was before exceptional flooding of Storm Henk. The fund was initially opened in nine English local authority areas where the Flood Recovery Framework has already been activated to help farms which have experienced the highest levels of flooding, and the eligibility for the Fund remains under review.</p><p> </p><p>This forms part of a package of support available to farmers through the Flood Recovery Framework, including a grant of up to £2,500 through the Business Recovery Grant Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21522 question first answered 23/04/2024 10:54:08 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1700798

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of levels of bovine tuberculosis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Bovine TB is a devolved policy matter.</p><p> </p><p>The latest bovine TB statistics published on GOV.UK, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb</a>, continue to show a gradually improving picture in most headline indicators for England overall and particularly in the High Risk Area and the Edge Area. In 2023 the lowest annual incidence of TB in cattle herds in England was recorded since 2007. In the Low Risk Area, the incidence and prevalence of TB in cattle herds remain very low and stable.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2023 calendar year, just over 20,000 cattle were slaughtered for TB-related reasons in England, having peaked at 34,500 in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 23/04/2024 14:58:00 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1700799

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Body Shop: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether provisions have been made for employees of The Bodyshop who were made redundant.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I understand this will be a concerning time for those impacted. The Department for Work and Pensions’ Rapid Response Service is a service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy.</p><p>The range of support may include:</p><ul><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market).</li><li>What benefits they may get and how to claim.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Employees may be entitled to statutory redundancy pay, compensatory notice pay and holiday pay from the Insolvency Service. Further information may be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-body-shop-in-administration-information-for-employees-and-creditors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-body-shop-in-administration-information-for-employees-and-creditors</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/04/2024 10:13:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700800

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Gas Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to reform the capacity market to ensure that new gas power plants have parity with interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The technology-neutral Capacity Market (CM) provides all forms of capacity, including new and existing gas generation and interconnectors, with the right incentives to be on the system to deliver when needed.</p><p> </p><p>All capacity in the CM is derated by technology type, to account for expected contributions to electricity security of supply during times of system stress. Derating factors for all technology types are determined annually and are set out in the Electricity System Operator’s Electricity Capacity Report and Secretary of State’s decision on CM auction parameters each year and are published online.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/04/2024 05:30:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell